Imaggeo on Mondays

Imaggeo on Mondays: The warming

Laura Roberts-Artal August 3, 2015

The warming. Credit: Martin Jucker (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Events of meteorological significance, such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, cyclones, jet streams and global-scale circulations can be described by a general term: atmospheric dynamics. When it comes to it, atmospheric dynamics deals with nothing more than air, which, in truth, is very difficult to directly observe, (with the exception of clouds and precipitation). This makes the study of atmospheri ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Mountains, rivers and agriculture

Irene Marzolff July 27, 2015

This week’s Imaggeo on Mondays image blends a range of geoscience disciplines. The post, by Irene Marzolff, a researcher at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, explores how the mountains, rivers and soils of the High Atlas in Morocco are intrinsically linked to the agriculture of the region. The image was taken in the southern slopes of the Western High Atlas, north of the city of Taroudann ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Strombolian eruption

Laura Roberts-Artal July 20, 2015

Strombolian eruption. Credit: Jonas Kuhn (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Jonas Kuhn, a researcher at Heidelberg University , took the photograph during a field campaign at Stromboli volcano in Italy. The objective of this campaign was to gather data from different gaseous compounds of the volcanic plume. Via emission fluxes of volcanic gases (e.g. SO2, CO2, halogen compounds…) or the ratio of emitted gases, one can retrieve information about the interior of the v ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The place where water runs through rocks

Laura Roberts-Artal July 13, 2015

Waved rocks of Antelope slot canyon. Credit: Frederik Tack (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Antelope Canyon, located in Arizona, USA, was formed by erosion of the Navajo Sandstone, primarily due to flash flooding and secondarily due to other sub-aerial processes (think of physical weathering processes such as freeze-thaw weathering exfoliation and salt crystallisation). Rainwater runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the ...[Read More]